Investigators are looking into the burglary of a Florida jewelry store after thieves apparently got into the store through the roof.

Investigators are looking into the burglary of a Florida jewelry store after thieves apparently got into the store through the roof.

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Updated: 5:00 PM EST Nov 22, 2013

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WEBVTT A BIG MALL HEIST IN BREVARD COUNTY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE FWLARZ BURGLARS IN ACTION. YOU CAN SEE THEM PRY OPEN THE DOORS INSIDE THE JEWELRY STORE AND GRAB THE EXPENSIVE ITEMS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MEN GOT INTO THE STORE THROUGH TE ROOF. WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW AS THE STORY. SOME TIME IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HERE AT THE MELBOURNE SQUARE MALL, A THIEF OR THIEVES GOT IN TRUE THROUGH THE ROOF AND PULLED OFF A DARING HEIST. THEY FOUND THEIR WAY IN AND KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO. THEY WENT TO REED'S JEWELERS AND CAME INTO THE JEWELRY STORE THROUGH THE CEILING. WE GOT A QUICK LOOK INSIDE WHEN POLICE AND SOME STORE EMPLOYEES WERE GOING INTO A BACK ROOM AND GOING BACK UP THE WAY THE THIEVES HAD GOTTEN OUT. THOSE THIEVES KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED. THE STORE THAT WAS HIT LOOKED TO BE TARGETED. AND SOME OF THE MERCHANDISE THAT WAS TAKEN WAS VERY SELECTIVE. DID THIS WAS LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR IET WHEM THEY WENT IN. POLICE WOULD NOT IDENTIFY THE ITEM OR ITEMS THAT THE THIEVES TOOK. EARLIER AT 5:00 A.M., POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED HERE BECAUSE OF A BURGLAR ALARM. THEY CHECKED THE EXTERIOR. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. OBVIOUSLY THEY DID NOT GO UP ON THE ROOF. FOUND NO SIGNS OF ENTRY WHEN THEY CHECKED THE GROUND EXITS. THE THIEVES USED A PRYING TOOL TO GET INTO THE CABINET. THE VIDEO SHOWS THEY BROKE IN RIGHT AT THE TIME OF THAT BURGLAR ALARM. POLICE RECOVERED THE PRYING TOOL. THE THIEVES COVERED THEIR FACES

Thieves enter Florida jewelry store through roof

Investigators are looking into the burglary of a Florida jewelry store after thieves apparently got into the store through the roof.